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May 12 –– Awareness Day
The date of May 12 was chosen because it is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nightingale was an English army nurse during the Crimean War (1854 – 1856) and was a pioneer in what would be the International Red Cross Movement. She became ill while wo... Read more »
Expert & Community Posts
New York Times Publishes Article on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...for printing this article, the CFIDS Association of America is providing you with an... Read more »
A Look at CFS Advocacy
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...Campaign – In June 2006 the CFIDS Association of America and the CDC launched a $4 million... Read more »
Study Shows Acupuncture Improves Chronic Low Back Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert... Several recent studies done in both Europe and America have suggested that acupuncture is an... Read more »
Painful diabetic neuropathy
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, as well as fibromyalgia, depression, and generalized... Read more »
Staying on Meds - Letting Your Psychiatrist Know Who's Boss
By John McManamy , Health Expert...all of the time, and I'm more depressed now ..."The American Psychiatric Association's 2002... Read more »
Health Guide
Risk Factors for Migraines
About 30 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches. They affect up to 18% of women and 6% of men. In fact, 70% of all migraine sufferers are women. This significantly greater... Read more »Endometriosis: Risk Factors
Endometriosis affects at least 5.5 million women in North America and millions more worldwide. An estimated 2 - 4% of all premenopausal adult women have detectable endometriosis, and over... Read more »Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections: Diseases with Similar Symptoms
...the south central and southeastern parts of the United States, but occurs throughout North and South America. The most characteristic symptom is a spotty rash that appears 5 - 10 days after... Read more »Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections: Complications
...have a chronic state. According to the 2006 guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Association of America, post-Lyme disease syndrome is the preferred name for this condition.Patients are... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Resources
www.rheumatology.org -- American College of Rheumatologywww.niams.nih.gov -- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseaseswww.arthritis.org -- Arthritis... Read more »Images
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Linking Fibromyalgia to the Brain
January 15, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients may finally have some answers as to what causes their disease. Researchers in France used single photon... Read summary »
Unique Asthma Strikes Children
November 24, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research clarifies the link between a certain genetic variant and asthma in children. Although the variant has been known... Read summary »
Another Link to Metabolic Syndrome
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